The same reason every new MMO is labeled a WoW-killer. Anything new is going to be branded as better than its competitors, the problem comes when there's a competitor that's so much bigger than everyone else in the market, where you'd have to kill it to actually beat it. You can't exactly market as being worse than your competitor.
I've seen a couple of good CAPTCHAs that ask a simple math problem, or a traditional CAPTCHA, but then say 'leave this field blank' on the actual entry field. A bot sees the field and has a crack at solving the thing, whereas a human can ignore it and carry on.
Would make extracting the image and getting someone to answer it worthless as well, as a bot with those inputs would still answer something in the field regardless.
I received my Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Heatsink today and note the following:
I checked how "flat" it was. I did this by placing a metal ruler on it's thin side on the base from corner to corner diagonally. While I couldn't get a decent picture of just how concave the unit is, I measured a 1.5mm curvature. Meaning there is a 1.5mm hump in it at the middle of the base.
Computex AMD has begun detailing how it plans to replace its current processor numbering scheme, this time with an Intel-esque system based on chip class, power consumption and relative performance.
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It looks like Thursday will be the coming out party for Dell's new-found love interest with Linux. Linux advocate Jeremy Garcia says we're now just hours away from the ability to order an Ubuntu pre-load on a new Dell E520 Dimension desktop, Inspiron 1505 consumer laptop, or XPS 410 media rig -- just like Michael Dell. While Dell has not yet confirmed the date or the eligible models, they did say on Monday that customers can expect their pre-load to include all the default software (including kernel and apps) from Ubuntu's 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" media. Dell also noted that they'll only be offering peripherals which have mature, open-source (or closed-source if necessary) driver support which Dell is testing in-house. Better yet, Dell says that they'll be working with other vendors to create stable drivers for currently unsupported hardware; that's good news for Linux users everywhere. While Dell's move won't likely cause any grief to Microsoft's bloated bottom line, it certainly gives Linux some cred with mainstream consumers who don't know the difference between Beryl and that thing you shoot fish in.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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"Don't bother wiping your hard disk. Just run the in-place upgrade from your previous installation. You'll be given the option to perform either an Upgrade or Custom (advanced) installation. Opt for the Custom install to clean-install Vista, and Windows Vista Setup does something smart: It creates a folder called Windows.old in your root directory that contains your old Documents and Settings, Program Files and Windows folders. (Note that on my test machine, this added step used an additional 7GB of disk storage.)
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